Delisting endangered species for poltics..

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Delisting endangered species for poltics..

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said yesterday that it will review eight endangered species decisions that were "inappropriately influenced" by a political appointee of the Interior Department, throwing a lifeline to 18 species that scientists had deemed to be in need of protection.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/20/AR2007072001946.html

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